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Did you know that DragonByte Tech offers custom services? We offer custom made mods, skins and customizations for vBulletin
and custom skins for IPB and xenForo.Click here for info.

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In addition to our testimonial box, we have also conducted surveys of customer satisfaction.
The result? 98% of customers would recommend us to a friend.

Serving some of your favourite companies

Have you seen our "Also Runs On" box? Companies like the Curse Network, Tom's Hardware, Gearbox Software and XDA Developers
rely on DragonByte Tech for their forum improvement needs.

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You can visit DBTechs alternate site - www.DBTech.co and browse and post as normal but with the added bonus of
being able to access and try all of our products.

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This week, we completed the switch from using our proprietary vBSupport mod to using the publicly available DragonByte vBForms mod to power our support ticket system. This switch was made in order to facilitate future changes to DBTech, as well as to better demonstrate the power of the vBForms mod.

Some of you may have noticed the new design of the form when posting a new support thread, and we're pleased to announce that this design is available in DragonByte vBForms v1.2.0!

Lastly, we're aware that some of you are missing the ability to use your pre-existing information to quickly populate the new thread form. We're working very hard behind the scenes to not only correct that, but create a whole new experience for submitting support tickets.

Stay tuned to this section in future blogs for more information!

Updates

DragonByte SEO v1.0.0 Release Candidate 3 (Open Beta) has been released. This version adds enforcement of canonical URLs, with 301 redirects to the correct URL if it's accessed with an incorrect link. Canonical URL redirects help avoid duplicate content penalties from search engines that do not respect the Canonical URL HTML tag.
In total, over half a dozen fixes and changes have been implemented.
Read the full details here.

DragonByte Classifieds v1.0.0 Release Candidate 4 (Open Beta) has been released. This version adds automatic encryption of sensitive PayPal information, ensuring that your users can sell & buy items with the knowledge that their personal information is safe. Historical records will be encrypted on upgrade, and future records will be encrypted on-the-fly.
In total, over half a dozen fixes and changes have been implemented.
Read the full details here.

DragonByte vBForms v1.2.0 has been released. This version adds the ability to re-order Categories, Questions, Statuses and (Pro-only) Priorities via the AdminCP, based on customer feedback. Additionally, the "New Thread" experience has been completely revamped, with a brand new design that fits the design of the existing Subject/Prefix form elements. The Category selection is now JavaScript-powered, loading the questions that go with each category automatically when the user changes the category, without needing a full page reload.
Read the full details here.

vBDonate v1.4.5 Patch Level 2 has been released. This version fixes an issue with the usergroup would not change correctly when confirming a user's donation via the front-end.
Read the full details here.

What's Going On

@Belazor is working on making DragonByte SEO ready for Gold
@Dylan is working on a secret project.
@bszopi is on a general leave of absence
@Mokonzi is working on making DragonByte Classifieds ready for Gold
@the-danzor is working on vB5 skins

Coming Soon

DragonByte SEO Gold in the coming weeks
Classifieds Gold in the coming weeks
Secret project in the next few months
More Focus Group Surveys & Prizes
Several more vB5 Ports in the coming months

Belazor's Corner

Another week, another DBSEO release. Thankfully, the bugs are being discovered at a rapid rate, despite the fact that they are also increasingly obscure. This means we're well on track to release DBSEO Gold soon!

Next week, I'll be focusing on assisting the rest of the team with integrating DragonByte SEO's URL Rewrites into their own mods. I can't promise exactly what mods we'll be able to finish up in time, but the aim is to get all the "heavy hitters" integrated.

Lastly, as teased in the Announcements section, we'll be introducing an additional way of posting support tickets alongside DBSEO & Classifieds Gold. It's not quite ready for prime time yet, but we can tell you that it's looking pretty sweet! We intend to push the new system as the main way of getting support, as it will be a "single point of entry" as opposed to having to hunt down the specific forum for the modification you're needing assistance with.